TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of January 2015.

Revenues for January 2015



             Period       2015       2014 Y/Y Change            Y/Y (%)
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    January         12,883,284 10,062,618            +2,820,666         +28.03%
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    Jan.- Jan.      12,883,284 10,062,618            +2,820,666         +28.03%
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(*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages
(**) All figures are consolidated

Additional information about UMC is available on the web at http://www.umc.com.

Contacts:

Bowen Huang / David Wong
UMC, Investor Relations
Tel: + 886-2-2658-9168, ext. 16900
Email: bowen_huang@umc.com
david_wong@umc.com

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SOURCE United Microelectronics Corporation